Northside Fury Roller Derby takes a fall during the bout with Rocket City Roller Girls Sunday at Champions Roller World in Spring.

Northside Fury Roller Derby takes a fall during the bout with Rocket City Roller Girls Sunday at Champions Roller World in Spring.

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Northside Fury Roller Derby's Michelle Nunez-Dement, known as Taz Maim Ya, passes Rocketcity Rollergirls' Rebecca Noland, known as Revulva, scoring a point for her team Sunday at Champions Roller World in Spring. less

Northside Fury Roller Derby's Michelle Nunez-Dement, known as Taz Maim Ya, passes Rocketcity Rollergirls' Rebecca Noland, known as Revulva, scoring a point for her team Sunday at Champions Roller World in ... more

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Team captain Michelle Alloway, known as Chainsaw Chic, gets Northside Fury Roller Derby ready for their bout with Rocket City Roller Girls Sunday at Champions Roller World in Spring.

Team captain Michelle Alloway, known as Chainsaw Chic, gets Northside Fury Roller Derby ready for their bout with Rocket City Roller Girls Sunday at Champions Roller World in Spring.

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Battle scars can be seen on the skates of Bashin' Brownie of Northside Fury Roller Derby before their bout with Rocketcity Roller Girls Sunday at Champions Roller World in Spring.

Battle scars can be seen on the skates of Bashin' Brownie of Northside Fury Roller Derby before their bout with Rocketcity Roller Girls Sunday at Champions Roller World in Spring.

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Northside Fury Roller Derby warms up before their bout with Rocketcity Roller Girls Sunday at Champions Roller World in Spring.

Northside Fury Roller Derby warms up before their bout with Rocketcity Roller Girls Sunday at Champions Roller World in Spring.

And neither is her league, the Northside Fury, who elbowed, shoved and skated their way to a win at their first mash up of the 2012 roller derby season Sunday night.

“The furies are fun to watch because they are fierce women and you can tell they work really well together as a team,” Rick Mitchell said, who heard about the match from Facebook and attended with his friends.

Alloway, who lives in Spring, acted as Team Captain, leading the team to defeat Deer Park’s Rocket City Roller Girls by four points. She joined the league after recovering from a jarring injury in her back while skating with Houston Roller Derby.

“I was hit and skated off the track then fell, and got two herniated discs in 2009,” she said. “Then I moved to Spring and saw the (Northside Fury) on Facebook and knew I wanted to join. Of course I’m afraid of getting injured again, but the game is awesome; I love the strategy, I love the team aspect; I just think it’s awesome and can’t not play.”

A fascination for roller derby sparked at a young age, Alloway said, when she saw it on TV, just like her love for skating.

“I’ve liked skating since I was a kid,” she said. “I wanted to be Tutti from Facts of Life because she was always wearing roller blades and I thought it was so cool.”

The role of team captain changes with every “bout,” or game, Alloway said, and is determined by a vote. Roller derby is a contact sport where five skaters from each team participate at a time: one pivot, three blockers and one “jammer.” The match has two 30-minute periods consisting of two-minute “jams.” In each jam, each team’s jammer attempts to pass the opposing team while blockers protect their jammer while at the same time attempting to block the opposing jammer. With each opposing skater the jammer passes, he or she gets four points.

“It’s a combination of defense and offense,” Alloway said. “There aren’t many other sports that are so complex.”

While about 13 skaters are on the roster for each bout, Tiffany “Salty Senorita” Heath said the league has almost 50 members, and the women who aren’t skating fulfill other roles like referee and score keeper while supporting their team.

Aside from the sport’s complexity and high-speed action, Alloway said she loves its culture. Opponents on skates, once the wheels come off the roller derby community forms a type of “sisterhood.”

“You can go anywhere in the county and find a league, and they’ll invite you to skate with them,” she said. “It doesn’t matter how intense things get on the ring. Afterwards you could be having a drink with the same girl you were trying to knock over.”

The furies consist of women age 18 and above, including the wife of Dale Colbert. He came to the bout to support his sweetheart, “Ivy Grumpus.”

“She loves it so much and I support her 100 percent,” he said. “Ever since I’ve known her she’s been interested in it. One time we even went on a date to watch a match, and I could tell she was into it and I told her I thought it was awesome and to go ahead.”